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    Acer Aspire One - Basics?!

    Just ordered myself an Acer Aspire one, this has a fairly restricted linux distro on it, however, you can activate 'advanced mode' and get further options.

    Can anyone point me in the direction of some basics regarding installing applications - as I understand it it's all command driven and involves the word yum somehow?!

    (Closest I have come to using Linux is using Knoppix to rescue a knackered laptop!)

    Thanks in advance!

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    Re: Acer Aspire One - Basics?!

    If you want a kind of Advance mode simply open a Terminal.

    To do this go to Files > My Documents to open the File Manager. Then go to File > Terminal.

    The Linpus Linus is using Xfce, so use
    xfce-setting-show
    to get the Xfce Settings Manager.

    Click on Desktop to get to the Desktop Preferencs and choose the Behavior tab.

    Now mark under Menus the Show desktop menu on right click option and close the window.

    This setting will allow you to bring up the normal desktop menu when you right click somewhere on the desktop. The Desktop Menu contains much more options than the limited user interface on the Aspire One.

    Unter System you will find Add/Remove Software which is the Red Hat/Fedora Packet Manager. You will need your password (the one you set up during installation) to access it. Now you can go nuts and install programs. It's a pretty big selection and the files will be downloaded (you need internet access) and installed for you. If it's an application you usually find it later in the Desktop Menu.

    That should be enough for the average user. The advanced ones will just use the Terminal to access what they want.
    or to get to the terminal quicker just hit ALT+F2

    http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/v...&start=20#p152

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    Re: Acer Aspire One - Basics?!

    Thanks Taktak, ill give that a look... looking forward to getting this baby next week now!

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